MPs press officials on underused office space as feds struggle to standardize tracking

‘It’s not that departments are holding out or resisting, but it's challenging for departments to align and modernize space,’ says Public Service and Procurement Canada's Michael Mills.

Officials from Public Services and Procurement Canada, the Treasury Board Secretariat, and the Auditor General's office appeared before the House Public Accounts Committee on Oct. 2. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARLO GLASS

October 2, 2025

Public Services and Procurement Canada officials maintain there is plenty of office space for public servants to work in-office three days per week, despite two departments admitting last week that they don’t have sufficient space to comply with the government’s in-offic...

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